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REFERENCE: Lancet 371:29-40; January 5, 2008 RICHARD PETO, Oxford University The prospect of cutting breast cancer mortality in half throughout the world is held out by Richard Peto of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). He

REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients who have intellectual disability presenting with a syndrome commonly labelled as

JACK CUZICK, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London New data from the ATAC trial, which is testing anastrozole and tamoxifen in early breast cancer, have demonstrated the continued superiority of the aromatase inhibitor. Among other things, the data

JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona RAD001, a drug targeted at the mTor pathway, has been combined with letrozole in a randomised phase II trial in breast cancer. The investigators saw more responses in the experimental arm, and

CHRISTIAN GEISLER, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Mantle cell lymphoma, which was previously considered incurable, has apparently been cured in some patients on a phase II study. Derek Thorne got the details on the study – which featured an intensive immunochemotherapy

PIERRE FENAUX, Paris 13 University Results from a phase III study presented at ASH suggest that the hypomethylating agent azacitidine should be the new standard of care for patients with high-risk MDS. Pierre Fenaux of Paris 13 University

JONATHAN KOLITZ, Monter Cancer Center, Lake Success, NY GEORGE CANELLOS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute For patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission, new data suggests that there may be a benefit from interleukin-2. Derek Thorne got the interim

REFERENCE: American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, AtlantaZAKARI ALIYU, Howard University, Washington DC Nigeria has the highest incidence of sickle cell anemia in the world, with over 150,000 children being born each year with